The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

Glory

Edward Zwick's film Glory discusses the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first all-black volunteer company in the Civil War. The film won three Academy Awards, and critics call it "a strong and valuable film no matter whose eyes it is seen through." Civil War historians stated that the film "accomplished a remarkable feat in sensitizing a lot of today's black students to the role that their ancestors played in the Civil War in winning their own freedom."

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The More You Know

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